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134 Normalizing menopause with Prof Martha Hickey
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My guest, Professor Martha Hickey, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University. She is in active clinical practice with a research expertise in menstrual disorders and menopause. This is such an important conversation about normalizing menopause. It may be difficult for some women but it is a completely natural transition in a woman’s life. Martha is a leader in developing national guidelines for menopause management in Australia and New Zealand and also in developing a new model of care for managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer. She was the lead author on an article about normalizing menopause in the British Medical Journal which ruffled a few feathers last summer.
We talk about:
- Why her BMJ article proved so contentious
- Misinformation about menopause that she’d like to correct
- The ‘official’ symptoms of menopause
- Martha’s view on HRT and what it can be used for
- Narratives around menopause and HRT in the UK and elsewhere
- Working out what’s fact in a sea of information
- HRT and breast cancer
- Martha’s Flesh After Fifty exhibition
- How older women are viewed in society
- Older women in aboriginal art
- Martha’s hopes for menopause and older women
And more!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you’re listening.
Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel’s book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book
The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/
US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/
Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/
You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.
Recommended by the Sunday Times.
Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.
You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.
Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.
Follow Rachel on:
Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife
Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester
Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1
Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife
153 episodes
Manage episode 355956021 series 2525300
My guest, Professor Martha Hickey, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University. She is in active clinical practice with a research expertise in menstrual disorders and menopause. This is such an important conversation about normalizing menopause. It may be difficult for some women but it is a completely natural transition in a woman’s life. Martha is a leader in developing national guidelines for menopause management in Australia and New Zealand and also in developing a new model of care for managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer. She was the lead author on an article about normalizing menopause in the British Medical Journal which ruffled a few feathers last summer.
We talk about:
- Why her BMJ article proved so contentious
- Misinformation about menopause that she’d like to correct
- The ‘official’ symptoms of menopause
- Martha’s view on HRT and what it can be used for
- Narratives around menopause and HRT in the UK and elsewhere
- Working out what’s fact in a sea of information
- HRT and breast cancer
- Martha’s Flesh After Fifty exhibition
- How older women are viewed in society
- Older women in aboriginal art
- Martha’s hopes for menopause and older women
And more!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you’re listening.
Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel’s book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book
The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers:
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/
US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/
Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/
You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast.
Recommended by the Sunday Times.
Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #15 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide.
You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com.
Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.
Follow Rachel on:
Facebook: facebook.com/magnificentmidlife
Instagram: instagram.com/magnificentmidlife
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/rachellankester
Twitter: twitter.com/MagnifMidlife
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/MagnificentMidlife1
Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCEteu6Z2mW1z1wnHiVB08uw
Tiktok: tiktok.com/@magnificent_midlife
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